Welcome to the IBM North America Technical Leadership Teams "Accelerate with IBM Storage" program.
This blog is for our program of technical webinars covering a variety of storage topics.
Please subscribe to this blog or join our mailing list to hear about upcoming technical webinars. To join our mailing list please send an email to accelerate-join@hursley.ibm.com.

What:
Accelerate with ATS: New Hardware Extensions for SVC CG8 Nodes
This session will explore hardware extension options for SAN Volume Controller CG8 nodes. This will include information on an available extra Fibre Channel HBA for increased SAN connectivity as well as information about the new "chubby" node upgrade, which allows an extra CPU and 24 GB of memory for Real Time Compression processing. Information will be included on options, function and proper use.

What:
Accelerate with ATS: Disk Options for IBM i
This presentation describes the options for exploiting external disk with IBM i. Both direct attached and VIOS attached solutions will be discussed as well as the options that are available to improve business continuity. Learn how external disk can provide the high performance required by IBM i, about how best to exploit SSD with IBM i, and hear about the integrated high availability solutions that the IBM i provides to exploit the copy services functionality of the IBM storage systems.

This is easily one of the top 5 most exciting Open systems storage enhancements in recent memory. If you’re struggling with more and more data and not enough space to keep it in, then You will NOT want to miss this session.
LTFS EE provides seamless integration of LTFS with GPFS by creating an LTFS tape tier. You can run any application designed for disk files on tape using LTFS EE. If storage cost is an issue, then you’ll definitely want to learn how the LTFS EE hierarchical storage solution can play a major role in reducing the cost of storage for data that does not need the access performance of primary disk.

What: Accelerate with ATS: XIV Technical UpdateAbstract: The IBM XIV Storage System is a proven, high-end disk storage system designed to provide consistent Tier 1 performance and five-nines availability. XIV storage delivers low total cost of ownership (TCO) and drives efficiencies through simplification of storage for all types of applications including virtualized application server and cloud environments. It provides consistent high performance for even the most demanding workloads using massive parallelism to allocate system resources evenly at all times and to scale seamlessly without manual tuning. XIV's virtualized design and customer-acclaimed ease of management dramatically reduces administrative overhead.

This Accelerate with ATS webinar will discuss new XIV hardware enhancements that will deliver even greater XIV storage processing performance. We will also discuss new XIV hardware enhancements that feature enhanced levels of power efficiency. We will explain how the new XIV software also helps to deliver higher performance and expands on XIV's support for space reclamation technologies. And we will show the new XIV GUI enhancements featuring the recently announced XIV Multi-System Manager and Mobile Dashboard.

When: Tuesday February 26th 201312:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. EASTERN

Who: Open to anyone that preregisters at the following URL: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/432590185

What: Accelerate with ATS: TPC Performance ManagementTPC 5.x has introduced a new Cognos interface into the TPC data model for storage performance metrics. The original GUI is still there and works the same as always, but the Cognos interface actually provides some important new capabilities. This webinar will cover the creation of simple tabular performance reports (csv formats), but including some new information columns and how to use them. Along the way, it will discuss recommendations for performance monitoring and management, capacity planning for performance, and how to use TPC performance reports to accomplish this.

When:

This webinar has been completed. Please visit the site below for the replay materials.

What: Accelerate with ATS: DS8870 Technical Update IBM System Storage DS8000® series is the flagship disk storage platform within the IBM System Storage portfolio. The new IBM System Storage DS8870 represents the latest in this series of high-performance, high-capacity, flexible, and resilient disk storage systems. The DS8870 is also designed to provide new hardware features for the combination of price and efficiency that is right for all application needs. It delivers cutting edge technology, improved efficiency, and increased performance. Come and hear the technical details of this announcement on this Accelerate with ATS webinar.

When:

This session has been completed. Please visit the link below for presentation materials:

What:Accelerate with ATS: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified - Let’s Talk PolicyIn this session we will explore the V7000 Unified policy engine. We will create policies for data placement, migration, and backup. Additionally, we will look at troubleshooting policies should there be difficulties with processing the policy or the subsequent data movement.

When:Tuesday, November 13th 2012 at 12:00 Noon ETDURATION: 1.5 Hours

Who:Anyone that preregisters for the webinar.https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/742285625 **It is recommended that all participants register at least 2 days prior to the event. Once registered, you will receive an email confirming your registration with information you need to join the webinar.

Storage Performance Monitoring and Analysis with TPC (SGA17 US and SGA07CE Canada)Storage Subsystem Performance, Monitoring and Capacity Planning is a popular 2 day, for a fee, classroom based IBM Education Course which goes into more depth on the TPC topics covered in the Accelerate with ATS Series. In the US the Course number is SGA17 and in Canada the Course number is SGA07CE. The course materials were developed by ATS experts.

Who: Open to anyone that registers for either of these billable classes. Space is limited to 15 students per class. For further details on the classes including how to enroll visit the info below:

US - For additional information or to enroll in this course or any of our otherStorage courses, please visit our website at ibm.com/training/us/catalog/storageand search for SGA17 or call 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322).

Canada - For additional information or to enroll on this course or any of our other Storage courses,please visit our website at ibm.com/training/ca and search for SGA07CE or callan IBM Training Representative at 1-800-426-8322.

Accelerate with ATS: Achieving Quality of Service with DS8000 and IO Priority ManagerAbstract:
DS8000 introduced IO Priority Manager R6.1 for System z customers.
This session will discuss how IO Priority Manager can benefit DS8000
customers by monitoring resources to help applications meet their QoS
(Quality of Service) levels.

When:This webinar has been completed.

However, please feel free to listen to the replay & download the charts:http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS4981

What: Accelerate ATS Linear Tape File System Storage Manager 1.0The IBM Linear Tape File System Storage Manager V1R1 software solution provides storage lifecycle management of archive files. While both the Single Drive Edition and the Library Edition of the LTFS have the ability to write data on tape, the LTFS Storage Manager provides the interface to manage files of all types in a Filesystem structure that makes the management of the lower level library transparent to the user. LTFS Storage Manager also provides policy based management, job scheduling and automated file management. LTFS Storage Manager V1R1 provides a more integrated solution to tape library users designed to more easily manage Archives at a reduced cost.

What: Accelerate w/ ATS Tape System Library Manager (TSLM) V1R1IBM Tape System Library Manager (TSLM) is designed to centralize tape media and tape drive management across the IBM TS3500 tape library, as well as enabling dynamic sharing of the drives and media. IBM Tape System Library Manager works with multiple generations of enterprise and LTO based tape drives and cartridges. IBM Tape System Library Manager combines the capacity of multiple heterogeneous libraries into a single reservoir of tape storage that can be managed from a central point of control.

What: Accelerate with ATS: Encrypting Data at Rest with the DS8000Abstract: This ATS webinar will overview disk encryption options that are available for the IBM System Storage DS8000. We'll review the importance of encryption and compare it to other erasure alternatives. Hardware configuration options , including specialized encrypting disk drives and a discussion on key management, symmetric versus asymmetric encryption schemes, planning guidelines and best practices will be covered.

Are you ready to meet your favorite IBM ATS personality?Monday afternoon sessions kick off the education sessions, here are your ATS Talent Sessions to watch for and attend.The ATS team members are the talent behind the IBM Accelerate ATS Webinar series:

sSP16 / Storage Basics: An
Intro to Some Foundational Storage Concepts Part 1

Sarasota

14:30 – 15:45

Alison Pate

sBR01 / Exploiting IBM DS8000 w/ IBM System i

Palm Beach

14:30 – 15:45

Nancy

Roper

sSE16
/ IBM i 101 for Tape & ProtecTIER Environments

Collier

14:30 – 15:45

Dan Riedel

sSE51 / IBM ProtecTIER V3.1 Hands-on
Lab Part 2

Repeats WED 14:30

Union

16:15
– 17:30

Mark
Taylor

/ Data Policies in IBM SONAS

Repeats THUR 14:30

Taylor

16:15 – 17:30

Brian Sherman

sPU01 / What’s New withIBM
XIV Storage Solutions

Repeats THUR 14:30

Hamilton & Indian River

16:15 – 17:30

Jeff Ziehm

sS07 / Linear Tape File Systems
(LTFS) Overview & Demo

Sarasota

16:15 – 17:30

Charlie Burger

sBC03 / Client Success Stories
with IBM DS800 Advanced Copy Services

Repeats WED 16:15

Lake

16:15 – 17:30

Vic Peltz

sSP22 / Storage Basics: An
Intro to Some Foundational Storage Concepts Part 2

Columbia

16:15 – 17:30

Rosemary McCutchen

sSE52 / IBM XIV Performance
& Status Monitoring Hands-on Lab

Repeats WED 10:30

Taylor

16:15 – 17:30

Jim Fisher

sMS06 / Introduction to the
TS7700 Virtualization Engine

Sarasota

16:15 – 17:30

Check the official IBMEdge schedule and change board to ensure all rooms & times for accuracy!Don't overlook some face-to-face time w/ these specialist at the IBMEdge Welcome Reception Monday evening.Watch for IBMEdge updates on Twitter #IBMEdge

DS8000 DS Storage ManagerThis event will be a live demonstration of the graphical user interface used to manage IBM's DS8700 and DS8800 enterprise storage platforms. The DS Storage Manager is a web browser based user interface used to configure and manage all elements of the DS8000. This demonstration will walk the participant through the various wizards designed to optimize the configuration process, will show the hardware explorer dialog, the capability to invoke copy services functions, and other dialogs which are used to control the optional advanced licensed features available in the DS8000 family of storage.

When:This session has been completed, in the event that you missed it you can still benefit from it by reviewing the materials.http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS4806

James Fisher from the ATS organization will provide a detailed overview of the latest release of the TS7700. The new release includesnew hardware to replace the Power5 TS7700 controller with a Power7 controller; as well as newfunctionality and features. Time will be available at the end of the session for questions and answers.

Please Plan on attending this not to be missed once in a millennium very informative 90 minute session.

This presentation will introduce the industry leading storage device based on SAS II (6Gbps) host and drive connectivity. The DS3500 will support SAS II, SAS II with iSCSI, or SAS II with Fibre Channel host connectivity. The Drive back end loops are all SAS II (6 Gbps) which with SAS II technology can produce up to 24 Gbps per loop. We have merged the host connectivity of the DS3200 (SAS I), DS3300 (iSCSI), and DS3400 (Fibre Channel) into one new product (DS3500). We will discuss the different controller models (DS3512 & DS3524), expansion enclosures (EXP3512 & EXP3524), 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch drives, new Storage Manager, and new premium features available on the DS3500.

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